The Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions smacks of a back-door tax, eventual pain for harried consumers

Expert says the Prime Minister’s austerity push is less about cutting luxuries and more about shielding India from global economic shocks with crude prices, global tensions, and import bills rising

Several hits in this budget puts ease at front and centre; focus on dispute resolution and domestic strengthening; there is no change in slab rates, surcharge, or the four per cent education cess

Youth gets big push; Budget looks at India through a global lens

As fin-min outlines strategic reform formula like a fine T20 chase, there are googlies galore for the middle-class and investors

Interim budget gives rise to few questions and some confusion; yet, leaves no doubt about ambition and vision

The FM and PM signal their intent to channelise monies from the super rich, businesses, industry and start-ups and use it for massive public interest outlays for an Amrit Bharat

So-called ‘booster’ of a budget has proved to be a virtual vaccine with its digital push; a tale of some long-term hits but several misses


Budget seeks to make life easier for the aged and small biz; tax slabs unchanged

The Budget has so many decoys and trap doors that the consumption booster claim falls as flat as old beer

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